Eric Mower + Associates, which has offices in Albany and other upstate cities, is combining with New York City public relations firm Middleton & Gendron. Details of the combination weren’t revealed. M&G clients have included those in the luxury hospitality and travel segments, including Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, Singapore Airlines and Rolex. EMA clients […]
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Want to ride the rails for free, while sharing your knowledge of the history of Gilded Age mansions, the Revolutionary War or the Erie Canal? The National Park Service wants you…. Potential volunteers can attend a session 1 p.m. Feb. 4 at the Erie Canalwa/Peebles island Visitor Center, 1 Delaware Ave., Cohoes. Those selected will […]
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Overit Media, an Albany-based marketing and digital design firm, has acquired Portfolio PR Group, a Saratoga Springs firm focused on the technology sector. Portfolio will become Overit’s new public relations division. Nicole Messier, chief executive of Portfolio, said her team will lead media and analyst relations, social media campaign development, and search-engine optimization for Overit, […]
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Alain E. Kaloyeros, senior vice president and CEO of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany, and Tom Nardacci, founder and principal of Gramercy Communications, have been honored by the Capital Region chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Kaloyeros was named “2011 Outstanding Communicator,” while Nardacci was named […]
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Millennium Business Communications, a business marketing and communications firm based in Albany, has added a promotional division. The new unit is called Millennium Promotional Products, and it will offer trade show booth displays, employee service awards, sporting event items and brand awareness products. Also, it will sell printing services for business cards and stationary. Millennium […]
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First Niagara Financial Group Inc. has agreed not to take any action against American Bio Medica until at least June 1 after the Kinderhook-based manufacturer of test kits for drugs of abuse defaulted on a loan by failing to comply with monthly net-loss covenants. Instead, First Niagara will waive any further default as long as American […]
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The Capital Region has a new marketing agency. Banis Marketing launched a Web site this month and will be headquartered at 120 Broadway in Menands. The company was founded by Steve Banis, who spent 20 years in Fortune 100 companies, but has two other principals: Mason Tolman, formerly of Sawchuk Brown Associates and Zone 5, […]
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The local chapter of the Public Relations Society of America said today it will honor Pamela Sawchuk Brown (left), partner at Eric Mower and Associates in Albany, as an “Outstanding Communicator.” The Capital Region chapter will present its first Empire Awards on Nov. 13. Brown founded Sawchuk Brown Associates in 1979, and it grew to become one of the […]
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Two former executives from VisComm Group, a now defunct marketing and advertising firm, said today they have formed Visual Planet Communications. Douglas Harrington and Thomas Whitten said the agency will specialize in video and film production, event production and staging, digital media, and Web development. Visual Planet has offices at 5 Sand Creek Road in […]
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The VisComm Group, once one of the Capital Region’s larger public relations and advertising companies, has closed following a legal dispute, one of its former partners said Tuesday. Paul Madelone, the partner, said the company — which in 2007 had annual revenue of nearly $5 million — dissolved in August. Thomas Whitten, Douglas Harrington and […]
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